Briefly touched on before, mounts and other methods of transportation
aid characters going from one place to another. Beasts of burden may
carry their riders, carriages or other things, as well as magical,
mechanical and other forms of transportation. Creatures that have been
tamed may be used as a mount, so long as they are at least one size
range larger than the character, and capable of carrying their weight.
The more easily they can, the more efficient their travels as they will
run closer to their top speed when unencumbered. Within a map of an
area, a mount and its rider share the same primary square, though the
mount may have more than one if large enough. A vehicle, likewise, may
have more than one square if large enough. All movement while using a
mount or vehicle is at its speed, not that of the character, nor as a
sum of the speeds, but rather a reduction from that of the mount or
vehicle due to the weight carried:
Mount/Vehicle Speed = Top Speed - Reductions from Carried Weight.
The cost to use a mount or vehicle varies by its type, but a simple formula exists:
Daily Rental Mount/Vehicle Cost = ((Cost to Feed/Water/Fuel + Cost to Shelter) * 1d4)) + Applicable Taxes.
If a mount or vehicle falls on a player or it crashes, the damage dealt is found thus:
Mount/Vehicle
Fall/Crash Damage: (Speed Traveling * Hardness of Impacting
Object/Mount/Vehicle * Weight Differential from user or damaged party) *
1/3.
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